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Do You 60 to the Prayer Meeting ?

This seems strange question to be
addressed to the professed followers of
Christ. Yet no one doubts the need
for asking it. We see it stated that
forty per cent. is the highest average
attendance. We fear this is too high
for large proportion of our churches.
In many it is not more than twenty.
In some not over ten.
Allowance must be made for the per-
sons and classes who cannot attend.
But very few pastors see at these meet
ings even majority of those who can
and who might reasonably be expect
ed to attend.
1t seems strange that any Christian
man or woman can be found who does
not love to 60, and who is statedly alb
sent. To the spiritually minded there
are strong attractions in this service.
The prayer-meeting is peculiarly
adapted to real church fellowship.
One meets there generally the more
earnest and devoted church members,
and if his own heart is warm, this is
congenial society. He feels that the
circle of true brotherhood is more dis
tinctly drawn and that its members
are brought into closer union with
each other than in the more promiscu-
Gus gatherings on the Sabbath. All
the services are more social. There is
more freedom on the part of the pas
tor and they feel nearer to him. The
instructions also arc more familiar and
practical than those of the pulpit.
Those who attend to be profted often
remark that they enjoy the plain and
free talks of the prayer-meeting more
than they do the elaborate sermons de-
livered to the great congregations.
These features are certainly Of great
value as we'll as attractiveness, and are
enough to draw all sincere persons to
this service.
But these features are only inciden-
tai. The prayer-meeting has higher
significance and value than all this.
Prayer is its distinctive object, united,
simultaneous, unanimous prayer. II
is the union of devout hearts at the
throne of grace. 1t is the gathering
together and the concentration of the
religious interest of church upon this
one effort to secure the divine blessing,
The worth of this cannot we'll be over.
estimated. Even if the various de.
sires of those present do not happen tc
be embodied in the prayers uttered by
those who lead, they are all brought as
it were into harmony and union and
are so regarded by the Hearer of pray
er. Tins the holy incense acquires 6
stronger and sweeter odor by this &C
emulation. 1t is not one petition as
sented to by many, nor one prayer
added to another, but each heart con
tributes its own measure Of desire
faith, importantly, and sacred yearn'
ing after God. Did not our Saviour
mean this when he said, "If any two
of you on earth agree touching any
thing you ask ?''
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The State of South Carolina,
co11NrY OF ARREvIILE

COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.
IN PROBATE COURT.
Nathaniel Anderson, as Administrator,
Plaintiff, against Edmund Anderson,
ct al, Defendants Complaint for Sale
of Lands to pay Debts.
u NDER A DECREE MADE IN
the above stated case, will sell at public
outcry at Abbeville G. H., on Saleday in
November next, for the payment oi
debts, the following described real estate,
belonging to the Estate of Nancy Beas'
ley, deceased, in the following tracts, to
wit: Tract No. 1,
1873 7.1O Acres,
bounded by Peter Rykard, VIM. Bell
Mrs. Malone and Tract No.
Tract No. 2,
lO7 lilo Acres,
bounded by VIM. Bell, DR.. w: B. Mill
wee, Tracts No. and 8. Tract No. 8,
"a 9-1O Acres,
bounded by DR.. Millwee, N. Anderson
A. Anderson, and Tracts Nos. and 2.
TERMS - Ope-half of the purchase
money to be paid cash, the balance on
credit of twelve months with Interest
from day of sale, credit portion to be Sc
cured by bond of purchaser and mort
gage of the property. Purchaser to pay
for titles.
j. FULLER LYON,
Judge Probate Court.
0ot 10 1907 q
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Beautiful Father.

'"Tell your mother you've been very
good boys to-day" said a school teach
er to two little new scholars.
!" replied Tommy, 1--WE have
no mother"
"Who takes care of you?" she ask
ed.
"Father does. We've got beauti-
full father. You ought to see him j"
"Who takes care of you when he is
at work?"
"He takes all the care before he goes
off in the morning and after he comes
back at night. He's house-painter;
but there isn't very much work this
winter, so he is doing laboring till
spring comes. He leaves us a warm
breakfast when he goes off; and we
have bread and milk for dinner, and q
good supper when he comes home.
Then he tells us stories and plays on
the fife, and cuts out beautiful things
with his jack-knife. You ought to see
our father and our home-they are
both so beautifully
Before long the teacher did see that
home and that father. The room was
poor attic, graced with cheap pic
lures, autumn leaves, and other little
trifles that cost nothing. The father,
who was preparing the evening meal
for his motherless boys, was at first
glance only rough, begrimmed labor
er; but before the stranger had been
in the place ten minutes the room be-
came a palace and the man a magician.
His children had no idea they were
poor, nor were they so with such
hero as this to fight their battles for
them. This man, whose grateful spir-
lighted up the otherwise dark life of
his children, was preaching to all
about him more effectually than was
any man in priestly robe in costly
temple.
He was man of patience and SUBJ
mission to Gods will, showing how to
make home happy under the most un-
favorable circumstances. He was
rearing his boys to be high-minded cit
liens, to put their shoulders to bur-
dens rather than become burdens to So
ciety in the days that are coming.
He was, as his children had said, "a
beautiful father" in the highest sense
of the word.
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The State of South Carolina,
IN PROBATE COURT.


IN PROBATE COURT.
T. s. Gordon, Administrator of Mary
Gordon, Deceased, Plaintiff, against Fl.
w. Gordon, Mary J. Gordon, ct al, De-
fendants.-Complaint for Sale of Land
to pay Debts.
l. WILL SELL AT PUBLIC OUTCRY
at Abbeville Court House, on Saleday in
November nex4, for the payment OF
debts, the following described real estate
belonging to the estate of Mary Gordon,
deceased, to wit:
All that tract or parcel of land in said
County and State, containing
Two Hundred and One Acres,
more or less, bounded by lands of A. S.
Haean, Estate of William Bowie, E..
Westfield and others, upon the following
terms, to wit:
One-half cash, balance on a credit of
twelve months with interest from day of
sale, secured by bond and mortgage.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
J. FULLER LYON,
Judge Probate Court.
Oct. 12, 1887, st
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Patience.
BY FRANCES 7. SMYTII.

Patience, they told me, must be guest
Before all others, must learn,
Hot.headed as was, the guest
or this worn saint, and to her turn
For healing of my broken powers.
SO should in my song be blessed,
So should my rush-light longer burn,
So to my soul come blissfui rest,
So to my winter spring-full hours.
was not then content 10 lie
With fancles stilled and memories vague
For youth would hold its honors nigh,
And seeking crowns, desplse to beg
The MUSES. for q simple Gift.
And SO, If Patience heard my sigh.
When noble thoughts came not, and plagu
Of foolish themes stalked idly by,
She could not yet my soul uplift.
Nor in my prime, when wiser grown
At least In these-that honors rare,
And Muses. crowns are scarcely known
To those who living, dying, wear
Them truly. Could yet make felnt
To learn my need Of patience. Prone
To grasp whate'er the hour held fair,
In deep red rose of folly blown,
In charm of sense l know no plaint.
But now within this lonely room,
Where listening to the clock and birds
lie for days-soInetimes In gloom
Of sunless weather-Patience grds
Her strength about me, and learn
To wait the binding Of the loom.
The threads are gathered In, no words
Avail, but peaceful thoughts Hume
The hours of pain, nor dare yearn,
Lest Patience go ne'er to return.
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The State of South Carolina

ABBEVILLE COUNTY.
Probate CONFEDERATION for Letters Of Admin
istration.
BY ]. FULLER LYON, ESQ.,, JUDGE PROBATE
COURT:
NyHEREAs, NJ. g. Zeigler, as G: c. p, has
w made suit to me, to grant him Letters
of Administration OF the Estate and effects of
James Taggart, late Of Abbeville County, de-
ceased.
These are therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors Of the
said James Taggart, deceased, that they be
and appear before me, In the Court of Pro-
bate. TO be held at Abbeville G. H., on Friday,
November 1lth, 1887, after publication hereof,
at IL o'clock sn the forenoon, to show cause If
any they have, why the said Administration
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal of the Court.
this 4th day or October, in the year OF our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty.seven, and in the 1l2th year OF
American Independence.
Published on the 9Th day Of october, 1887, In
the Press and Banner, and on the Court House
door for the time required by law.
J. FULLER LYON,
Judge Probate Court.
Oct 5, 1887, Ct
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Sherif's Sale.

H. NJ. Spikes against VIM. c. Fouche.-Exe-
cution.
DY virtue Of an execution to me directed, In
D the above stated case; will sell 10 the
highest bidder, at public auction, within the
legal hours Of sale, at Abbeville Court House,
on Monday the seventh day of November A.
D. 1887, all the right, title and interest of w.
c. Fouche in the following described proper.
ty to wit: All that tract or parcel of land,
situate, lying and being In the County of Abb
beville, South Carolina, and known as the
Home place. and containing
SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX ACRES.
more or Jess, and bounded by lands of John
Fouche, w. 7. Henderson, Mrs. Thos. Stewart
and others. Levied on and to be sold as the
property OF w. g. Fouche, TO satisfy the afore-
said execution and costs. May be sold in
three or more separate parcels.
TERMS-Cash.
]. F. c. DUPRE,
Sheriff AbDevllle County.
Oct 10, 1887, At
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The State of South Carolina
COUNTY OLE ABREYILLE.

The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBEvILLE.
IN PROBATE COURT.
Martha E. Norwood, as Administrative,
&C., Plaintiff, against Ludie N. Speer
Jennie P. Glymph ct al, Defendants
Complaint to Sell Land to pay Debts.
i WILL SELL AT PUBLIC OUTCRY
at Abbeyille c. FL, on Saleday in Novem-
Der next, for the payment of debts, the
following described real estate, belonging
to the Estate of DR.. w. c. Norwood, de-
ceased, to wit
THE MARION LANDS, containing
Thirty Acres,
more or less, bounded by Cokesbury
Road, w. H. Emerson, Mrs. Moore, Dr.
B. G. Hart and others. To be sold in five
lots.
BLACK HOLE Lands, containing
Sixty Acres,
more or less, on Cokesbury Road, bound
ed by Mrs. Mohon, Jas. Jones, ]. F. Kel-
ler and others. To be sold in four lots.
PARKS PLACE, containing
Thirty Acres,
more or less, bounded by o. B. Simmons,
j. F. Keller, M. A. Cason and others. To
be sold in two or more lots.
LOMAX TRACT, containing
Eight Acres,
more or less, bounded by DR.. B. G. Hart,
VIM. Butler, Beverly Vance and others.
THE BEVERLY VANCE TRACT,
containing
Twenty-One Acres,
more or less, bounded by lands of Heffer-
man place, Lomax tract, Hodges, Smiths
Bridge Road and others.
TERMS OF SALE-Cash. Purchasers
to pay for titles.
J. FULLER LYON,
Judge Probate Court.
Oct. 10, 1887, st
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER Is, 1887.

Male citizens between twenty-one and
fifty years are liable to Poll tax.
Tax payers in Ninety-Six and Cokcs-
bury townships are notified that the tax
to paw the interest on the Bonds in aid Of
the Atlantic, Greenville and Western
Railway Company, amounting to q mills
in Ninety-Six and mills in Cokesbury
will be collected at the same time as the
State and County taxes, and will be sub
ject to the same penalties in case of non
payment.
In order to further the collection of the
taxes and to accommodate the tax payers
as far as I am able I have arranged the
following schedule of appointments, and
request the tax payers will take due no
tice thereof as the Office at the Court
House will necessarily be closed on those
days:
verdery, Tuesday, November 1st.
Bradley, Wednesday, November End.
Troy, Thursday, November 3rd.
Mccormick, Friday, November 4th and
Saturday morning till II o'clock.
Bordeaux, Saturday afternoon, Novem-
ber 5th.
Wellington, Monday morning, Novem-
ber 9TH until IL o'clock.
Lowndesville, Monday afternoon, No
yember 7th from 2 o'clock and Tuesday,
November sth.
Mt. Carmel, Wednesday, November
9th.
Office at Court House the other days of
that week.
Ninety-Six, Monday, November 14th
from arrival of down train until depar-
ture of up train next day.
Greenwood, Tuesday afternoon, No
yember 18th and Wednesday morning
November 10Th.
Hodges, Thursday, November 18th un-
til o'clock.
Donnaldsville, Friday, November 18th.
Due West, Saturday, November 10th.
The remainder of the time will be in
the Office at the Court House.
All information as to taxes will be
cheerfully given by mail or otherwise.
j. W. PERRIN,
County Treasurer,
Sept. IA. 1887, If
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Sherif's Sale.

Wardlaw e. Edwards against Hugh r. Gilbert
Execution.
DY virtue Of an execution to me directed, In
ID the above stated case, will sell to the
highest bidder, at public auction, within the
legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House,
on Monday the seventh day Of November a.
D. 1887 all the right, title and interest of Hugh
R. Gilbert in the following described property,
to wit: All that tract or parcel OF land. sit
uate, lying and being in the County Of Able
willie, South Carolina, and known as the Lee
place. and containing
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES,
more or less, and bounded by lands OF James
McCaslan, w. D Mars, w. w. Mars and 9TH
ers. Levied on and to be sold as the property
of Hugh R. Gilbert, to satisfy the aforesaid ex-
ecution and costs. Also,
IN BALES COTTON,
more or less. Seized and to be sold under an
Attachment and the above Executions.
TERMS-CaSh.
]. F. G. DUPRE,
Sheriff Abbeville County.
Oct TO- 1887 At
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Tn the moment that I shall waver,
strenrthen me; restrain me when the
malignaut thought arises, and while
the vet unuttered words are ready to
issue from my lips, set Thou Thy bri-
die there, and govern my rebellious
faculty.
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Farm for Sale.

OCATED THREE MILES SOUTH OF
Il Donaldsvlle, on the Columbia anG
Greenville Railroad, containing 200 ACRES
comforta BILE dwelling, usual outbuildings anC
two tenant houses. Two horse farm open, l!
acres branch bottoms, 10 acres original fores
and balance in fine forest of old field pine!
near the railroad.
Terms easy and accommodating. Posses
sion given at once. For further Information
apply to REV. JOHN N. YOUNG,
or J. F. C. DUPRE,
Oct. s, 1887, tt Abbevilie, SC.
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At The Marble Yard.

4 FULL LINE OF HEADSTONES AND
n MONUMENTS.
most symmetrical in shape of any to he found
in the up-cOuntry. Sept. 2S.
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The Difference.

"-Yillie, why were you gone so long
for the water?' asked the teacher OF
little boy.
"We spilled it, and had to 60 back
and fill the bucket again." was the
prompt reply; but the bright, noble
face was shade less bright, less noble,
than usual, and the eyes dropped be-
meath the teachers gaze. :,
The teacher crossed the room ana
stood by another, who had been Will
lies companion.
"Freddy, were you not gone, for tne
water longer than necessary 2"
For an instant Freddy's eyes were
fixed on the floor, and his face wore q
troubled look. But it was only TOR q
moment-he looked frankly up INTO
his teachers face.
"Yes, ma'am," he bravely answer,
ed : 1--WE met little Harry Braden, and
stopped to play with him, and then we
smiled the water, and had to 60 back"
Little friends, what was the differ
ence in the answer of the two boys?
Neither of them told anything that
was not strictly true. Which of them
do you think the teacher trusted more
fully after that? And which was the
happier of the two?
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Miss Lillywhite's Party.

MAY go to Miss Lillywhite's party?n
But Grandmamna shook her head:
'When the birds 60 to rest,
think 1t is best
For mine to 60, too," she said.
Cant go to Miss Lillywhite's party?'
Still Grandmamma shook her head:
"Dear child, tell me how,
You're half asleep now;
Don't ask such thing" she said.
Then that little ones laughter grew hearty
"Why, Granny" she said,
""Goins to Miss Lillywhite's party
Means going to bed!'
George Cooper. In 81. Nicholas for July.
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At The Furniture Store.

DENTWOOD CHAIRS.
b New and pretty styles. Prices low.
WOVEN WIRE MATTRESSES. At prices
from IS to So, each. Will last life time.
BUREAU BEDS, and other goods at lowest
cash prices. Sept. 1S.
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Masters Sale.
TIE State Of South Carolina

The State Of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE,
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Adger Griffin Alexander against Elizabeth A.
Alexander ct al.-Partition.
DY virtue of an order of sale mad, in the
ID above stated case, / will offer for sale at
public outcry at Abbeville Z. H., 5; Cy on
Saleday in November, 1857. within the legal
erty, situate in said State and County, to wit
All that tract or parcel Of land, known as the
Alexander Estate, containing
One Hundred and Forty-Three Acres,
more or less, bounded on the North by lands
South by B. G. Parks, West by w. H. Whit
lock, r. p. Blake, and w. ]. Wells,
Adjoining the incorporate limits of
the Town of Greenwood.
Said tract of land has been survey
ed and divided into "a lots, Of which Lot No.
fronts Oh Wells street Lot No. to No. 10 In
elusive front on Railroad street, ana Lots no.
10 to No. q inclusive front on Alexander
The foregoing Lots rang, In size IF from Or!
ONE and ONE-HALF to FIVE ACRES;
Lots No. %, % and a also front on Npa Kaisr9aa
THREE, TWENTY-SEVEN and THIRTY
ACRES. All are fine building lots. Each Lot
will be sold separately. Plats may be seen at
my office or on application to Hon. w. K.
Blake, at Greenwood, S. G.
TERMS OF SALE-One-third cash, balance
in two equal annual installments OF one and
two years, with interest thereon from day OF
sale, at the rate of ten per centum per an
nam; the credit portion to be secured by
bond with approved surety and mortgage OF
the property sold, with leave to the purchaser
to anticipate the second and third payments;
Purchaser to pay the Master for papers and
pay for recording the mortgages.
]. c. KLUGH, Master:
Oct TO- 1887 1t
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Wool Stuffed
Horse Collars,

THE latest and best invention In the COL
i LAR TRADE.
These Collars are stuffed in the usual man.
which comes in contact with the shoulders of
the animal has two thick nesses of material,
with a space between them.
The invention consists In using and apply
ing for one of these plies or thicknesses q Tan
ned Skin with the natural wool adhering to 1t,
and arranging the same so that the wool side
shall occupy the space between the said two
thicknesses. 1t will thus be seen that the
padded with the wool which adheres natural
~ to the skin. This has the advantage over
other stuffing heretofore used, In that the
wool cannot shift from Its position or get into
punches.
Before making any further purchases II
would be wise and profitable to examine the
merits Of these Collars.
We have the exclusive sale of these excel
lent Collars. w JOEL SMITH & SON.
Oct. 10, 1887, If
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The State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.
PROBATE COURT.
El parte Mary l.. Young, Petitioner.
In the matter of the estate of w. L. Young,
Deceased.
Petition for Revocation of Letters Testamen-
tary, &c.

70 w. v. Young, and ]. P. Young, as Execu-
tors Of the estate of w. L. Young, deceased
l OU AND EACH OF YOU ARE HERE
by summoned and required to appear in your
own proper persons in this Court on TUES
DAY, the 9th day of DECEMBER next tc
render an accountor your transactions touch
ing the said estate,-iailing to do so your let
ters will be revoked.
Given under my hand and seal Of the Court
this October 3rd a. D. 1887.
[SEAL.l ]. FULLER LYON,
Oct. 5, 1887, Pm Judge Probate Court:
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"If you want peace you must pre-
pare for war;" AS well say, if you
want to be sober keep on drinking gin.
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If the stars would appear only one
night in a thousand years, how would
men believe and adore, and preserve
for many generations the remembrance
of the city of God, which had been
shown. But every night come out
these preachers of beauty, and light
the universe with their admonlshlng
smile.-EnerSOn.
Modest apparel means a righteous
people. Immodest apparel always
means contaminated and depraved
society.
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A PPLICATION will be made at the next
"A sitting or the Legislature OF South caro-
lima for the charter OF Railroad from Abbe-
willie Court House to Savannah River In the
direction Of Washington, Ca, or Macon, Ga.
Sept. q, 1887. 3m
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TAX NOTICE !!

In ACCORDANCE WITH HE AC
to raise supplies for the fiscal year COM
mencing November 1st, 1886, notice is
hereby given that the Treasurer's office
of Abbeville County will be open for the
collection of taxes
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Ez parte Mary L. Young, Petitioner
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English and American Compared.

There are some objections, no doubt,
to the adoption of the American rail-
way system in this country. In Amer
lea railway carriages are all of one
class, so that passenger can walk
from end to end of the train and choose
his seat in any part of it. But some
modification of this plan might be
adopted. All carriages of one class,
for example, might be communicating
or ut the worst, gangway might be
constructed from end to end of each
individual carriage.
1t is true that American cars. having
each only one exit, do not empty them
selves as quickly as English carriages.
On the other hand, there is no mad
rushing about after seats as an Amer
lean train is about to start; the passen-
gers get on board, as they call it, any
where, and find their places after the
train has started. And there is this
further advantage attaching to the
American system, that no cars are
overcrowded while others are empty;
the passengers distribute themselves
evenly along the whole train.
Life